Corporate and Commercial
M&A (inkl. Real Estate)
Distribution and Licensing Law, Franchising
Alexander Jehn specializes for over 25 years in corporate and commercial law. He advises medium-sized companies and their shareholders on all types of (re)structuring and capital measures, on the sale of shares and businesses, and on shareholder disputes. In addition, he has a longtime practise in the field of business and real estate transactions (M&A). A particular focus of his practice is advising on national and international disibutors, especially franchise and licensing systems, providing guidance on their structuring, ongoing management, and in litigation proceedings.
Vita
Of Counsel with Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank (since 2026)
Attorney and Managing Director with Kolaschnik Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Hamburg (since 2010)
Attorney and Founding Partner with Kolaschnik Partner Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB in Hamburg (2005-2025)
Attorney with Alpers & Stenger Partnerschaft in Hamburg (2000 to 2004)
Associate at Arthur Andersen, Moscow (1997)
Legal Traineeship in Hamburg, Kiel, and London (1998 to 2000) Studies of Law at the University of Passau (1991 to 1996)
Select Transactions
Sale of a leading provider of AI-driven building energy management systems to an English private equity investor, including reinvestment/roll-over by management
Investment by a French private equity investor and a German family office in a hydrogen technology company, on behalf of another family office
Due diligence, acquisition, and sale of various retail locations of a major German retail chain, including real estate, for a German corporate group in the franchise sector
Sale of an SAP consulting company to a German corporate group in the IT sector
Sale of an SAP consulting company to an Italian corporate group in the IT sector
Shareholder dispute in southern Germany for a family office concerning an investment in an architectural publishing company
Acquisition of a stake in a northern German healthcare company for a group of private investors, involving the exit of the company’s founder and his family
Advising the franchisor of a franchise system on its multi-brand and omni-channel concept in the retail sector, and contractual implementation with franchisees
Sale of a German bank to another major German bank
Negotiation and implementation of a licensing-based development cooperation with an Italian corporate group for a German medical technology manufacturer
Due diligence and acquisition of a regional corporate group in the retail sector in southern Germany, including real estate, for a German corporate group in the franchise sector
Development and implementation of a licensing concept for a start-up in the vegan food service sector
Sale of a German office furniture manufacturer (operating business/real estate) to a US private equity investor, including extensive pre-sale reorganization
Sale of a German medical technology manufacturer (operating business/real estate) to a strategic investor from Switzerland (including its US subsidiary), including extensive pre-sale reorganization
Acquisition and sale of 17 retail locations (operating businesses/real estate) in southern Germany for a major German retail chain
Co-counsel mandate on the sale of an investment company to a UK private equity investor on behalf of a client in the banking sector
Investment by a domestic private equity investor in parallel in both the German parent company and a Luxembourg sister group of an international real estate services provider in the franchise sector, and advice on the subsequent exit
Investment by a domestic pension fund (Versorgungswerk) in the parent company of an international corporate group in the franchise sector, acting both as shareholder and as lender for third parties’ international business, with an extensive security structure based on shares in the parent company, and advice on the subsequent exit
Debt restructuring, share buy-back, and consolidation of the shareholder structure of a client, involving shareholders/investors from Spain and Luxembourg
Sale of an IT company to a strategic investor, including advice on the pre-sale reorganization
Sale of shares in a French société anonyme and a related trading cooperation involving third-party participation
Acquisition of stakes in various domestic start-up companies in the field of new technologies, and their financing
Consolidation and relaunch of a Europe-wide franchise structure, and ongoing franchise-law advice for a franchisor in the retail sector with more than 350 franchisees/shareholders
Development of a licensing system in the infotainment sector for a German provider of immersive exhibitions
Ongoing litigation defense of the franchise system against domestic and foreign franchisees (e.g., from Spain and Dubai), as well as franchise-law advice for a northern German franchise company with more than 500 franchisees worldwide
Sale of a food production facility to a Bulgarian investor by way of a share deal
Dissolution of an online joint venture and acquisition and integration of the relevant business unit into the client’s corporate group in the retail sector
Cross-border merger of two corporate groups in the services sector, involving a change of legal form and relocation of one parent company’s registered seat to Germany for further integration
Sale of a prominent commercial property with office and retail leases in North Rhine-Westphalia
Sale of leased commercial properties with food production facilities for a family office
Acquisition of a regional airport in northern Germany for a foreign investor
Select Publications
The Application of New Media in Corporate Law
in E-Business Law Handbook, Luchterhand, 2001
The TransPuG and the Corporate Governance Code,
Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2003 New Guidelines for Corporate Governance in Germany, in Trends and Developments in Comparative Law, Kluwer Law International, London, 2003
Languages
German
English
Russian
French